Bill fold



Dec. 6,1927. l 1,651,396

c. LENFANT INVENTOR AAA ATTORNEY Dec. 6, 1927.

c. LENFANT BILL F'oLn Filed March 51.4 192e 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTpR (Mr/WL Efymi BK KW MA ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 6,1927.

UNITED STA-TES PATENT oFFlc-,

CHARLES LENFANT, oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BILL Form.

Application lednamh 31, 1926. serial no. 'a'si.

This relation relates vto bill olds'and an improved method of making the same, and `has for its primary object to provide ya new method fof assen'ibling"l and connecting the partis of the bill fold whereby v sucl'i operations Vmay be expeditiously perforni'ed, and the neat appearance of the bill fold, even after long use thereof, will be preserved.

In le'athe'rbill folds as heretofoemanufactured, thef outer and .inner walls thereof betweenwhichthe bills Vare to be placed are connected at their cpposite ends and along their lowerA longitu nal edges by' Ylines of stitching. Obviously', the line of stitching between the' lower edge portions ot the walls forming the pocket of the bill fold limits the depth of said pocket. large number of bills are' Carried? in the bill `fold, the' in'ner 'and outer walls are expanded. or separated by the bills only bet-Ween theopen side of the pocket and the longitudinal line of stitching vconnecting,said Walls. The lower edges of these walls beyond said line of stitcliingwill therefore bend or iie'x into numerous folds lrelative to the main portions of said walls` between which the bills said pocket. In other`words, the depth of the pocket is not limited by the line of vstitching connecting Vthe inner and outer lwalls so that when' saidwalls are doubled or folded, thevifold lines or creases thereby formed will be uninterrupted or unbroken across the entire Width of the bill fold.

It is also a further general object .of theinvention to provide a leather bill fold ha`ving certain novel structural features Whereby the manufacturing cost4 may be appreciably reduced andthe .durability and general utility of the article'increased.

the invention consists in the improved bill fold, and in the. method of making thersame vas will be hereinafter more fully described,l

illustrated in the acco'mpanyingl drawings,

, joined claims.

.55 and subsequently incorporated in Sub outer walls of the bill fold;

Thus, when a v ,ses gf rig. 63.

With the above and' other'objects in view,-

Upon ,the k1111.1@ or In the drawings, wherein l haye'dislclosed one simple and praetiea'l enibodirneifit of my present improvements, and in' which similar reference' chara'cters"V designate ,corresponding Vparts throughout the several 'uiewsf f Figure 1 is an, inner' side' elevafffpffthg mg the meppen; 1. Flg- 2j `1S a ,fragmentary levet'eh show ingthe first step in assembllng the inner and Fig. 3 is a; sectional' view taken on the line 3+?? o'f FigV 2^;`

-Fig; L isayiew siimilan to Fig-. 2, V show ing' an intermediate stejg) of the 4method after the'two'w'alls hayebeen eonnebted;

Fig. 5 is al sectional uiewA taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Y

Fis- 6 is a ,fragmentary inner. Side lvationshowing the next's'ucceeding step' of the .method tothat illnstratedjin.Fig.` fl

onal' View taken n the Fig. s is a daan' Section aaienl mi' the. une

inner side elevation of the completed bill' old,a` nd Fig. 10 is a detail.y section takenA the line Referring Vinr'detail tof the drawings, in

carrying" out my new, met'liohl first pro- -Vlde an outer,v wall 5` ofleatlierfor `other iiexible material andan inner.wa-1l ,6, also vofleather or other desired flexible material.

The outer wall 5' is of g1jeatefr', 1ength and widththan tl i" inner wall' 6, upon the inner or ,unnishedlside yof said outer wall,

a? fabric lining Sheet 7 is arranged, onelng- `fu'dinal edge .8'l of the wall 5 being`-inwafrdly turned and stitclied'to'theedge'of said lining slieetf as iiidioated atf9l This lining-sheet is of less length andwidtfli 'than the wall 5, said wall' at itsv ends projecting beyond the ends of the lining sheet in the manner shown in' '2 of thel1 drawings. .The o ther longitudinal ed 0fe'^ o v the liiiing'- sheet is adapted' tio' be' secured tethe facel of the Wall 5 means of a` suitable glueor adl1e siye. It will' be" noted' fromlreference to Fig; @of die;.datingsites the @xtreme edge oftheY inturned' portion' 8 "of theA wall 5 isreiaed @maar manet the edt-e f the hrung sheen isv anche@ athis; fia Sjo that theV stitching' lin' will b 'practically contro inner wellv ot the hill i 'told a plurnlity ot layers ot liihrie 10 are nrrnnged und tron- ,Stitute :i rein'litu'eing lining' 'lor Seid inner wall. The outer layerol the t'zihrie ,lll het: its Atree loin-:itudinnl edge etitrhed to the in* wnrdly turned edge l'l of the wnll t5 ae Shown at l2. 'lhe lining tahrie ltl entende the it'ull lengt-h oli the wall, t' and ndjaeent to the ends* lhereot is alno seeured to eaid wall hy the stitching lf.

',lhe inner und outer leather wolle 5i and tl thus provided `with the :tahrie linings are now `arrangtal upon eaeh other with their right sides opposed and in rontat'l` as uhown in Fig. lot the drnwinget the longitiulinul edges ol' Suid walls opposite the iniurned edges and ll respet'tiVelin thereol't heilig in regintering relation with eat'h other. ylhe, two `welle are then. t'onneeted in fipneed relution tothe latter talgeel thereolI hy the lungh tudinal line, of etitehing titwhirh :den extends through the, larven-vt of l'nhrie lt) on the inner wall t. `l'n the drawings, it will ol course, heunderstood that tor teamone olt elerity` I have shown the thielmees ot the Several loyers ot' material greatly exaggerated. y

In the next Step of the method. the two wells 5 and 6 are reversed in relation to each other` or in otherwords, the outer wall 5 is folded, around the eonnet-ted longitudinal edge of the inner wall (i in the manner indicated in Figs. 5 und, 7 of the drawings` laid outer wall heing ot Sntlieiently g1"eter width than the inner well to provide a ilreely flexing edge portion hetween Said outer Side well and, the folded edge lt which if;

Secured to the :inner fare of' the inner wall (l hy the stitching Mlll nndetill `poeition the `inturnet'l edge S ofthe outer wnll t beyond the inturned edge ll. ol" the inner wall at the open eide ot the hill fold.

,.liter thus providing the seam lill hetween the two parte or wells ot the hill ilold, the projeeting ende ofi the outer `-all 5 are then turned inwardly and downwardly over and uponthe ends o't` the inner will t3 as Shown at 1T, the extreme edges o'l" thene intnrned ends of the wnll Viererl 7ing the lines ot' Stitching .13 eonnet'ting the endsl ol the. inner wall t with ite1 lining lll, lreferahlr. l use a nuitohle adhesive for pernmuently Seeuring the inwardly turned ende' ol' the outer will to lQuid inner wallit. lith a Suilahle tooL prese'ure in then :ipplied ulong the line ot stitching 1l to form shallow channels indicated at 1h in the faee olE the woll (i, and to aleo compress the etitehing so that it heeolnes praetieall7 invieihle.

It will heseeu that in the :there mannert I provide n hill told wlierein the connecting seam 14 does not limit the depth `of the hill receiving pocket, hut the hills` muy he inserted in seid pocket with their lower edge?, in Contact `with the flexible edge l5 oLt seid outer well 5. It ie, therefore, evident that when a lurge innnher ot hillt'1 are placed in. seid pot-liet. the inne' and `outer hills may' expand or yield uniformly :ternes their entire width and there will he no portion projeeting lierond the emineeting steam at the eloeed edge ol'jthe poeltet which in unexpanded. 'llieret'ortn when the two walls ol' the hill told with the eneloeed hilli-i are Al'olded on eaeh other one or more tintes. t-uu'h folds will 'torni erense extending in `unbroken linee' entirely microns the lull width of the walls :1nd :Hy thun eliminating the relatively thin projet-t ingl edge ut the, elosed side of the poelte'h` the said edge, o'l the hill `fold will not het-ome, wrinkled or diutorled and the neat; uppeuranee ot the hill lold even after long rontinued use` is thusl preserved.

ltrom the foregoing deneription eoneidered in eonneetion with the at'eoinpanying drawings; the eoinstruetion ot' my iniproved hill told. ne well ae the loveral Steps involved in the method ol produeing the Same will he readily understood. It. will of eourse, he apitiarent that my ii'nproved. method may he ed Tantageously employed in the production of hill folds of various sizes and ot either the donhle or triple told type. While I have illnetrated n partieulm.' arrnngen'ient ot the reinforcing lining 10 for the inner well of the hill fold, it will he apparent that this ie not an eeeentinl feature `and that, it desired, this lining may consist -nierely of a. Single thieltnees of materiel, similar to the lining 't' tor the outer well The devine ma"v also he eueeeptihle ot Various other moditifiateions in the torni, prfn'iortion ,and arrangement ot its Several part1-i while retaining the esnential elmraeteristit ol the novel tentures herein dieeloned, 1nd ,l therefore, reserve the privilege ot resorting to all .Quell legitimate rhangee' therein an muy he fairly en'ihodietl within the spirit :ind scope ot the invention an t'luimed.

l claim l t l. ,tt hill fold Comprising inner and outer tlexihle walle, Imid outer "all having one o'l. its longitudinal edge portione turned around and :inwardly over the ti'orrenpmuling edge portion ot the inner wulland permanently eet'ured to the latter at :t point in spared relation to the extreme longitudinal edge thereofE to therein prtwid i u freely Hexing edge portion of Suid outer 'ull e1u'lo:=iiig the edge portion ot the inner wall and eonstituting n closure for the lowe'r edge o'l the hill told poeliet wherelry the depth ot' nafid portret in equivalent to the 'full width of Said y inner woll. and menus connecting the `correeponding ende ot seid walls with each other to elose the ends of' the pocket.

il, A hill told comprising inner and outer tlexihle welley euch having a tahrie lining @heet upon its inner side, Said outer wall having one longitudinal edge thereof turned,

inwardly around the corresponding longitudinal edge of the inner Wall and connected with seid wall .in spaced relation to the extreme longitudinal edge thereof by a line ofy stitching extending through said inner Well; and the turned over edge of the outer Wall and also Securing the lining upon the inner Wall to thereby provide e freely flexing edge portion of said outer Wall enclosing the corresponding edge of the inner Wall and forming the closed lower edge of the bill receiving pocket having a dept-h substantially equivalent to the Width of said inner Wall, and the opposite end edges of said outer Wall being inwardly turned over the corresponding end edges of the 'inner Wall and permanently secured thereto to close the opposite ends of the bill fold pocket.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing j as my inventioin have signed my name 20 hereto.

CHARLES LENFANT. 

